Sightings Archive

Ibbotson*s Dam: Grey Wagtail - 1

Malin Bridge: Fieldfare - c50 - flew s over Stannington Road - hardly any sightings this winter

Redmires Top Res: Dipper - 1 - At conduit outfall, distant.

Thrybergh CP: Gadwall - 21 ; Tufted Duck - 60 ; Pochard - 12 ; Great Crested Grebe - 11 ; Little Grebe - 5 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Great Tit - 10 ; Blue Tit - 12 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Goldfinch - 10 ; Chaffinch - 8 ; Greenfinch - 8 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Blackbird - 24 ; Redwing - 88 ; Fieldfare - 34 ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Totley Bents: Willow Tit - 1 - Moss Road

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1

Wire Mill Dam: Goosander - 3 ; Mandarin - 17

Bingham Park: Kingfisher - 1 - Flying up & down river, between Ibbotson's Dam & Shepherd's Wheel

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 84 ; Canada Goose - 29 ; Starling - 250 - single flock feeding in fields, then left E ; Fieldfare - 6 ; Common Gull - 1 - adult ; Herring Gull - 4 - adult and three first-winters ; Black-headed Gull - 40

Elsecar Res: Great Crested Grebe - 17 ; Goosander - 6 ; 320 - 1

Millhouses: Siskin - 30+ - Feeding in alders beside Sheaf Valley Walk.

Northern General Hospital: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - In the woods adj to the hospital, Barnsley Rd A 6135

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 28 ; Tufted Duck - 66 ; Pochard - 11 ; Gadwall - 18 ; Goldeneye - 3(2m1f) ; Great Crested Grebe - 11 ; Little Grebe - 9 ; Water Rail - 2 - one coming to food; 2nd bird calling ; House Sparrow - 8 ; Chaffinch - 8 ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Redwing - 68 ; Fieldfare - 8 ; Blackbird - 24 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Goldcrest - 1

Wharncliffe Side: Brambling - 2 - Male and female at feeders ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male in observers garden

Wire Mill Dam: Goosander - 3 - 1m, 2f ; Mandarin - 13

Droppingwell: Jay - 1 - Green Lane ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting ; Common Buzzard - 2 - over Blackburn Moor Plantation together, calling

Droppingwell; Ockley Bottom: Siskin - 01-Feb ; Redwing - c20

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 6 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Jackdaw - 3 ; Great Tit - 3 ; Blue Tit - 4 ; 319 - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Redwing - 6 ; Blackbird - 5

Fulwood garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Collared Dove - 2 ; Fieldfare - 1 - on holly berries ; Redwing - 6 - on holly berries ; Greenfinch - 12 - around feeders - encouraging count

Grange Park Golf Course: Bullfinch - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - disturbed from tree, Brick Kiln Plantn ; Goldcrest - 2 - Brick Kiln Plantation ; Nuthatch - 1 - Brick Kiln Plantation

Kimberworth: Kestrel - 1 - Female perched on top of a CCTV camera in Bradgate Park. It flew off a short distance and perched briefly on top of one of the park's path lights.

Kimberworth Park: Kestrel - 1 - male on neighbours roof then over back gardens, Remount Rd/Shearman Avenue.

Kimberworth; Winterhill: Bullfinch - 2 ; House Sparrow - c20 ; Black-headed Gull - 45 - on Winterhill School field ; Herring Gull - 12 - on Winterhill School field ; Common Gull - 1 - adult, on Winterhill School field

Lodge Moor garden: Brambling - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Collared Dove - 1 ; Greenfinch - 2

Markham: Kingfisher - 1 - by M1 underpass ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Blackbird - 5 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - imm male